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Stele in homage to Delgrès in Matouba

Address: 
Matouba
97120 Saint-Claude
Guadeloupe
Telephone: 
International: +590 590 60 90 23; National: 05 90 60 90 23
Type: 
Memorials
Site overview: 
A monument commemorating the sacrifice of Louis Delgrès and his companions was erected in 1948, on the occasion of the centenary of the abolition of slavery, in Grand Parc Matouba, Guadeloupe.
Keywords: 
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupean identity
Memorial project
Memories of slavery
Slave ancestry